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How do I turn on my speakers on my surface?

There is no sound on my surface laptop. I don't know what happened, but the little speaker button on the task bar has a black circle with an "x" through it. How do I fix it?

Surface | Surface Book | Sound and camera
asked 2026-11-12T19:11:03.2033333+00:00
LAURIE BECK 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T19:12:15.5466667+00:00

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How to fix vscode .exe blocked

please help my windows security keeps blocking my .c executable 1 out of 20 tries and its annoying when im debuging this is the message it send on my terminal (ResourceUnavailable: Program 'testnewyearanimation.exe' failed to run: An error occurred…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Security and privacy
asked 2026-11-12T19:08:08.7866667+00:00
Kei 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T19:09:47.8866667+00:00

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Azure for Students – Incorrect University Name During Registration

Hello Microsoft Support, I am trying to register for the Azure for Students offer using my academic email from Egypt University of Informatics (EUI), Egypt. During the registration process, I accidentally selected/entered "Damietta University"…

Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services

An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.

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asked 2026-11-12T19:07:17.04+00:00
Ali Mohamed Sheta 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T19:08:17.3+00:00

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User-assigned managed identities cannot be created: every request returns 400 "Bad request" with no detail

Since 12 Nov 2026, every attempt to create a user-assigned managed identity in our subscription fails with only this response: {"error":{"code":"BadRequest","message":"Bad request."}} What we tried (all…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
asked 2026-11-12T19:04:52.9766667+00:00
Raghu K 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T19:07:30.36+00:00

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Azure Universal Print management getting 500 error codes

Is anyone experiencing issues with accessing UP admin from Azure? I am getting Error Code 500: Internal Server error, but I am not seeing as part of a MS advisory. So far all other blades I have tried in Azure are working.

Azure Cloud Services
Azure Cloud Services

An Azure platform as a service offer that is used to deploy web and cloud applications.

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asked 2026-11-12T18:43:42.2633333+00:00
Michael LaBarr 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T18:43:53.18+00:00

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Issues with copilot app

I'm having issue with my copilot app (icon) in the tool bar. when I ask a question using that Icon. A message follows saying copilot cannot be reached, it presents in a red box... help please

Microsoft Copilot | Other
asked 2026-06-22T23:34:13.8566667+00:00
sharmont little 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T18:38:33.3833333+00:00
Lorraine B 0 Reputation points
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After upgrading Visual Studio to 18.12.0, I cannot run my .net maui project because it says Xcode 26.0 is required.

The error message is: This version of .NET for iOS (26.0.11017) requires Xcode 26.0. The current version of Xcode is 27.2. Either install Xcode 26.0, or use a different version of .NET for iOS. See https://aka.ms/xcode-requirement for more…

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other

A family of Microsoft suites of integrated development tools for building applications for Windows, the web, mobile devices and many other platforms. Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.

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asked 2026-11-12T18:18:29.19+00:00
Andrea Christy 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T18:34:40.2366667+00:00
Andrea Christy 5 Reputation points
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How to change the Microsoft account my Microsoft 365 Family subscription is under

I have two Microsoft Accounts. One is under @gmail.com and the other under marie,@outlook.com. My computer only has the account marie.******@outlook.com as a sign-in option. I updated my 365 subscription under the gmail account. Can I transfer the 365…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2026-11-12T18:29:14.3+00:00
Marie Murrell 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T18:32:39.22+00:00

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.NET 10 documentation for SerializeToUtf8Bytes

Could you point me to an official reference that establishes what applies to .NET 10 for the System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes<TValue>(TValue, JsonSerializerOptions) overload? The specific statement I’d like to verify is that…

Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Runtime
Developer technologies | .NET | .NET Runtime

.NET: Microsoft Technologies based on the .NET software framework. Runtime: An environment required to run apps that aren't compiled to machine language.

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asked 2026-11-12T18:20:52.41+00:00
Manica Moscon Advogados 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T18:25:19.9266667+00:00
Manica Moscon Advogados 5 Reputation points
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Azure for Students – "Your email domain is not currently registered with us", university does not issue student email addresses – how do I request manual verification?

Hello, I am a full-time master's student at Hebei University of Engineering (Handan, China), enrolled in August 2025 and expected to graduate in July 2028. I am trying to activate the Azure for Students offer. My GitHub Student Developer Pack was…

Azure | Azure Training
asked 2026-11-12T05:40:54.0566667+00:00
Shen Ju Shi 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T18:21:44.83+00:00
Shen Ju Shi 0 Reputation points
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I need to personally speak to arepresentative

What do I do to speak to a representative in regards to my issue? and everything i try do do on line has not helped me with this issue

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2026-11-12T18:18:24.2133333+00:00
lorraine vien 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T18:19:34.3366667+00:00

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Windows update failed. Cannot boot up the computer.

My wife's surface pro 3 did a windows 11 update last night, and now it will not not boot up. Error code changes, but currently 0XC0000001. I created a recovery usb, booted from the usb and chose to repair windows, but it just goes into a loop. We…

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Windows update
asked 2026-11-12T18:05:25.68+00:00
Steve Barker 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T18:07:42.8066667+00:00

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Unable to Run C Programs in VS Code Due to Windows Application Control Policy

Title: Application Control is blocking MinGW GCC-generated executable files in VS Code on Windows 11 Hello Microsoft Support Team, I am a student learning C programming using Visual Studio Code on my personal Windows laptop. I am facing an issue while…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Defender | Other
asked 2026-11-09T11:54:32.72+00:00
Vishal Varma 10 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T18:06:53.1866667+00:00
Ansh Tiwari 0 Reputation points
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Outlook is displaying wrong name in email

Outlook is displaying wrong name in email. Profile is set up with correct name but when I go to send email my email account is showing a different name than Karl. Tried to look up the information with no success. Also has an LinkedIn account associated…

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts
asked 2026-11-12T17:47:52.1333333+00:00
Karl Metzler 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T17:50:07.2333333+00:00

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Retrieving Contacts from old Outlook account

I have an old Outlook account that no longer exists. All my contacts were in the old Outlook account and did not sync with my new 365 Outlook account, and those contacts did not sync with my iPhone. How do I retrieve the contacts.

Outlook | Web | Outlook.com | Contacts
asked 2026-11-12T17:41:09.5+00:00
Christine Crowley 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T17:43:10.7333333+00:00

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I have a new computer and need to activate my purchased Microsoft Office Home.

I can get to Microsoft Office Set Up page where I can enter my product key, but I get stuck in a loop with entering the product key. I need to speak to a person, but can't get anyone by phone or a live person via chat. Do I need to delete my…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2026-11-12T16:58:10.47+00:00
Daniel Russell 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-11-12T17:32:40.94+00:00
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On MS Office Premium, how do I add the visualization skill to my skills?

I do not see it in my skills under Copilot. I have opted into the Beta version. Do I need to upgrade to Pro?

Microsoft Copilot | Other
asked 2026-11-12T16:59:38.9466667+00:00
Windy Thomas 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T17:01:35.78+00:00

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My bluetooth button is missing and I cannot turn it on or off

The bluetooth icon is no longer in my taskbar and the settings page doesn't have an on/off button. I cannot pair any devices. My driver says it's up to date and I have installed all recent updates so my computer has restarted. Airplane mode is off.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Settings
asked 2026-11-12T16:59:21.0366667+00:00
aqua batics 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-11-12T17:01:05.5+00:00
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I AM SICK OF MICROSOFT QUEStiONING WHO I AM ALL the time> How Can I Get rid of all of the verifications!?

I am continaully hampered in production by Microsoft questioning my existence. Help me stop it. Now I can't share or save in power point or word? SO frustrating.

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Authenticator
asked 2026-11-12T16:50:35.7066667+00:00
Anne Liebert 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T16:53:11.1033333+00:00

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How to archive all release data for 7 years including which artifacts or commits

We have a situation where we used to keep all releases indefinitely in ADO by a hacky little bit flip in the database when we were on prem. Now that we have moved to ADO Services we can no longer do this. How can we archive our release data for at…

Azure DevOps
asked 2026-11-12T16:44:42.3533333+00:00
Procter, Shane 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-11-12T16:49:00.3166667+00:00

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